Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller

Re:Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller by echelon on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:21PM (#23595518)

Please, someone at the DOJ, take antitrust seriously. This demands a breakup.

Put the hardware and OS in the hands of different companies and let alternative software solutions spring up.

Edit. To the downvoters: neverminding the excessive tax, do you consider the toll on innovation this kind of gatekeeping causes? All the wasted human capital spent bending to this draconian ruleset?

All for access to general computing devices that the public uses. Stuff that used to be wide open, but that is now under lock and key.

This isn't fucking fair.

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Re:Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller by quonn on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:40PM (#23595644)

Yes, but separating the software and hardware is not the answer. Instead the app store should be regulated or there should be alternative app stores.

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Re:Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller by arghblarg on Sunday June 21, 2020 @07:18PM (#23596129)

Yes, yes it is. That will force open hardware specs, right-to-repair, limit damaging DRM, and encourage competitive software and hardware markets. And even multiple software stores, if that's what the market wants.

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Re:Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller by threatofrain on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:25AM (#23597495)

What if Apple removes the app store entirely? Would that be more fair?

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Re:Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller by Grue3 on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:43AM (#23598868)

If they allow installing software from outside of the store, that would be fair. If they forbid installing software entirely, that would be fair too, but would turn iPhone into a dumbphone.

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